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practical nurse
noun
- a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of practical nurse1
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Example Sentences
She toiled as a waitress to support the boys, and later became a licensed practical nurse.
Some one person must be responsible for them and when possible this person should be either a trained nurse or a practical nurse.
Supposedly she has a job as some sort of a practical nurse in a hospital right now.
She liked the work better than sewing, and upon her release she persuaded several doctors to recommend her as a practical nurse.
Trained nurses get thirty and forty dollars a week and a practical nurse gets seven or eight, and works harder.
"I think it will be best to send you a practical nurse," he said, as he took his departure.
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